Have '17,000 criminals' really been apprehended at the US-Mexico border?

President Donald Trump said Thursday that border agents had “apprehended, last year, 17,000 criminals trying to get across the border.” But that’s only partially true. Produced by: Christopher Woolf. Image credit: Carlos Barria/Reuters.

Aired January 4, 2019

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